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C. V. HULMES.

, DEVICE EOE ToAsTING BREAD. No. 465,666. `Patented Deo. 22,1891.

Nro/MEW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES V. HULMES, OF MECI-IANICSBURG, OHIO, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF TO CHARLES W'. MARTIN AND THOMAS MARTIN, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR TOASTING BREAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Y'atent No. 465,666, dated December 22, 1891.

Application i'lled April 24, 1891. Serial No. 390,216. (No mcdelJ To a/ZZ whom t may concern: being preferably woven in the form of a mat Be it known that I, CHARLES V. I-IULMES, with large meshes, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Me- The ordinary woven wire cloth or fabric with chanicsburg, in the county of Champaign and large meshes may be used. 55

5 State of Ohio, have invented certain new and To provide for holding the supportingwires useful Improvements in Devices for Toasting in place, -I preferably form the projecting` lread, of which the following is a speciticaedges a with an outwardly-extending ti'angc 51011. a at right angles to the respective sides and My invention relates to improvements in parallel with the bottom b. These flanges a 6o 1o devices for toasting bread; and it is espeare made to project sufficiently to receive the cially adapted for use with gasoline or other respective ends of the supporting-wires and vapor stoves, the object of the invention bebe turned or doubled over the same, as shown ing to provide a simple device which may be in Fig. 5, and thus firmly securethe supportplaced over an ordinary gas or vapor burner ing-wires in place. 65 15 and support the bread in a convenient and In operation the device is placed over a suitable positlon for toasting. burner with the plain or solid portion b of My invention consists in the constructions the bottom immediately over the burning gas and combinations of parts hereinafter deor vapor. The llame of the burner is thus scribed, and set forth in the claim. spread along the under surface of the pan, 7o

zo In the accompanying drawings, which form the heat therefrom passing up through the a part of this specification, Figure l is a perperforations, the inner perforations being sufspective View of a device embodying my iniciently small to prevent the blaze from passvention. Figs. 2 and 3 are respectivelya side ing through, while the outer perforations, be-

and sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 4 ing out of the radius of the flame, permit all 75 2 5 is a plan View with the supporting Wires or of the heat products to pass through the botinat removed. Fig. 5 is a small detail of a tom into the pan or frame. The bread to be portion of the outer frame, showing the mantoasted is placed upon the supporting-wires ner of attaching the supporting wires or mat. in a convenient position and within reach of Like parts are indicated by similar letters the attendant. The projecting sides prevent 8o 3o of reference in the several views. all side drafts, thus causing all heat products- In the said drawings, A A represents an to pass directly up in contact with the under outer frame or casing, which consists, prefersurface of the bread, which is thus readily ably, ot' a rectangular pan formed of sheetand evenly1 toasted. iron or other suitable material with fourpro- Having thus described my invention, I 85 35 jecting sides d a and provided at one side ,claimwith a projecting handle B, secured to one of The combination of an outer pau or casthe projecting sides. The bottom b of this ing, the bottom of which is formed with a censupporting frame or pan is provided with a traldefiecting portion and anouter perforated series of openings or perforations c, which exportion, said perforations being increased in 9c 4o tend outwardly from a central solid portion size toward the outer edges, and the supportb to the sides a, the perforations being grading Wires arranged above said perforated botually enlarged as they extend outwardly from tom and connected to the projecting sides of the center, those near the central part of the said pan or casing by overlapping anges, bottom being small, and the sizes gradually substantially as specified. 95 45 increased toward the respective edges of the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set frame or pan. Arranged above the perfomy hand this 16th day April, A. D. i891. rated bottom b at a suitable height, and supported on the top of the projecting sides a a', CHARLES V HULMES' is a series of supporting-Wires d d', which ex- Witnesses: 5o tend in opposite directions from side to side T. S. CHENEY,

of the main frame or pan A A, these wires LAURA CHENEY., 

